Inventing a New Industry in 1868: Newspapers and the lichen alcohol in an era of famine



: Paju Petri

: Lundell Patrik, Salmi Hannu, Edoff Erik, Marjanen Jani, Paju Petri, Rantala Heli

: Lund

: 2023

: Information Flows across the Baltic Sea: Towards a Computational Approach to Media History

: 56

: 143

: 166

: 978-91-985802-3-5

: 978-91-985802-3-5

: 1654-6601

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54292/s6au8axqht

: https://mediehistorisktarkiv.se/bocker/information-flows-across-the-baltic-sea-towards-a-computational-approach-to-media-history/


This chapter charts the invention and dissemination of lichen alcohol making transnationally in the famine year of 1868 and after. The new brand of strong alcohol, lafbrännvin or lavbrännvin in Swedish and jäkäläviina in Finnish, become a popular topic in newspapers in Sweden and Finland for a while with many often repeated news articles from both countries crossing the Baltic Sea.



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